Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“THE SWITCH”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Brussel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of SWITCH Créations et Réalisations Publicitaires · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1986
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General electrical installation work · Roosdaal · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of scwitch · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE WALLONNE POUR L'INVESTISSEMENT DANS LE TOURISME, LA CULTURE ET L'HORECA · Tourist information services · Namur · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2014
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Other membership organisations · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2012
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2007
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1978
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Eeklo · since 2025
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2020
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Wuustwezel · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wavre · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of CAVI · Full-service restaurants · Verviers · since 2024
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Web portal activities · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2023